I've thought really hard trying to determine who my real style/fashion icons are as I tend to feel very affected by people who actually create style rather than carry it for the most part.. I don't know if there's any sense or higher/lesser validity in any of the two as dressing for yourself is be purely personal whereas the job of a stylist is often affected by external elements (publications, trends, etc) and certainly bound to end up on a page/window rather than on their own body, but I guess it's their vision what I respect and what I feel drawn to the most.. they definitely don't affect me in a way that I feel like immitating them in some degree.. because there's little I can immitate :p, but I do see them as an obsessive force that is both inspiring and liberating to look up to.. so.. in that department, Panos Yiapanis would be very much my icon to follow.. I love everything that he touches, how personal and consistent he is to his own ideas and obviously the traces of poetry in his work..

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on the other hand, speaking of people who actually wear their ideas.. Charlotte Rampling is the only person I can think of at the moment.. every one of her pictures.. from those in her late teens to those in her 60s.. they're very much a class act and an example of dressing (or undressing!) with dignity, and aging gracefully, too.

I know it's very cliche, but I adore Mary-Kate Olsen and Nicole Richie for my every-day looks. For my eccentric moods, I admire Raquel Reed for her versatile style, attention to color and that "!!!!" factor.